President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered his first press conference since the November presidential election. Trump addressed his relationship with Russia and how he will handle his business once taking office.

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered his first press conference since the November presidential election. Trump addressed his relationship with Russia and how he will handle his business once taking office. C-SPAN

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered his first press conference since the November presidential election. Trump addressed his relationship with Russia and how he will handle his business once taking office. C-SPAN

Trump promises a ‘full report on hacking’ within 90 days

President-elect Donald Trump promised he would have a “full report on hacking” within 90 days, amid reports that Russians had hacked the U.S. election and possessed a dossier of unverified personal and financial information about him which became public earlier this week.

Trump, in a series of tweets Friday morning, again blamed politically motivated critics and the intelligence community for publicizing the unverified allegations, as well as leaking reports that intelligence officials had presented information to him on the dossier.

“It now turns out that the phony allegations against me were put together by my political opponents and a failed spy afraid of being sued,” Trump wrote early Friday morning. “Totally made up facts by sleazebag political operatives, both Democrats and Republicans - FAKE NEWS!”

It now turns out that the phony allegations against me were put together by my political opponents and a failed spy afraid of being sued....

CNN first reported Tuesday that intelligence officials had informed Trump of allegations that Russian operatives had damaging information, which Buzzfeed then published in a 35-page unverified document shortly thereafter. Trump called out both outlets for spreading “fake news” in a heated press conference Wednesday, and referenced Russia’s denial via a presidential spokesman that they had gathered any such information.

In Friday’s tweets, the president-elect again cited the Kremlin’s denial that Russia had compiled any dossier of compromising information —“Russia says nothing exists.”

released by "Intelligence" even knowing there is no proof, and never will be. My people will have a full report on hacking within 90 days!

Trump’s tweets also took another swipe at the intelligence community, which he had blamed Wednesday for allowing such information to “leak” to the media. Outgoing director of national intelligence James Clapper had called Trump Wednesday night to reassure him that he did not think the leaks came from the intelligence community, though it appeared from Trump’s tweets Friday that he still believed intelligence shared some blame for the report.

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Intelligence officials testify on Russian election hacking

Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday took turns questioning top intelligence officials, who say investigative agencies found compelling evidence of Russian cyber-hacking throughout the 2016 election cycle.

Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday took turns questioning top intelligence officials, who say investigative agencies found compelling evidence of Russian cyber-hacking throughout the 2016 election cycle.

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Trump also attacked former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign for “complaining” about the FBI’s handling of an investigation into her emails while she was secretary of state. The Justice Department’s inspector general said Thursday that he would investigate FBI director James Comey’s actions regarding the case during the election cycle, including Comey’s decision to call her actions “extremely careless” in July and a letter to Congress that suggested he might reopen the case days before the election.

What are Hillary Clinton's people complaining about with respect to the F.B.I. Based on the information they had she should never.....

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Trump praises Rand Paul for support of health care executive order

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to provide what he calls "Obamacare relief" for millions of Americans. He praised Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for his support during the announcement: "And I can say, when you get Rand Paul on your side, it has to be positive," stated Trump. Rand Paul had refused last month to vote for a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Health Care Act.